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My computer is an Acer 386sx., ca. 1990. It has no CPU fan, but it does
have a fan to blow hot air out of the case and to suck cooler air back
inside the case. If running, it will crash if the ambient temperature falls
to around 35 F. If turned off, it cannot be made to boot again unless the
ambient temperature is approx. in the range of > 65 F. and < 85 F. If left
running, it will continue to operate even if ambient temperatures should
rise to the 90's. Also, if turned off for a long period, it won't boot for
at least 15 minutes after being turned on. The hard drive always spins up
immediately. I think it is about time to replace the motherboard. My
computer didn't used to suffer from any temperature-related quirks a couple
of years ago.
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Sam Heywood,
It looks like your motherboard has old-age stiffness that can get worse but will
never get better. Motherboard, if it were in good working condition, would have
practically no market value today. Motherboard could fail all the way without
warning, or maybe the current symptoms of old-age stiffness constitute warning,
so you might want to be sure you can transfer user data from the hard drive to
a new computer, or back up the user data. Maybe find a 486 or early Pentium
motherboard or computer real cheap?
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